President; Janet Quarton, c/o Mr. Woodhouse, Sutton Hill' Farm, :Blandford, TIorset:i ; '" Secretary; :Beth Hallam, Flat 3, 36 Clapham Rd., :Bedford. Editor; Sheila Clark, 6 Craigmill Cottages, Strathmartine, by TIundee. Art Editor, Helen McCarthy, 96A, Fonthill Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 3HT

Honorary members; Gene Roddenberry, Jim TIoohan, George Takei. *****'************** .: Hello there; my namets :Beth Hallam, 11m the ffat' one that played the 'male ', that's right, the male Tellarite in the fashion show. As Janet told you in the last newsletter, I entered S~T.A.G. cbmini tt:ee 2S f general dogsbodyt. And haven't I lived up to that, ti tl e! L~ Elnyone wants anything done, particularly anything , unple8'sant 'or messy '- they saylphone':Beth, she'll do it!" Tt 1 s

all 8 foul plot of She"ila Cl"a"rkl s! ... .; I ..... \ Well; I'sup"pDs-e. that' s what 11m for! Who ran off 100 'Zlnes in EI. fortnight? I tll gi V8 you. one guess; (I was .turning that handle 'in my sl;/,p'j ElDtJ. black ink seerri.s to get everywhere. Anyone',withe me'thod of'rEmoving it from inside a Swiss WEltch, please send in 'a plain envelope to .... !) Who took on's al'es,1 ? Right aga'in!' Who . is writing thi~ letter? ' ItWhy:n you. ask, Ilis writing EI letter to all you. nice people an unpleEls;)nt t1..lsk?11 Well, of course, it ±snlt, except that I have to , write abotl t a difflcul t subj ect - money! , , S.T.A .G. is a non-profi t-inaking organisation, but we must have an inc:>IDc. This makes sense, because just running the club takes 'money; a fair anlountof money. For example, at present prices .it 'costr £50 to send out'one newsletter. A newsletter is sent to you @ver;y two months. This means that to keep the club ticking over 'we mus t have an income of £50 ever,Y two months. ' That is £300 per . 'EiM1im. 'TIoing that we" re.ise nothing towards publishing zines or org8nislng 60ns or ~inicons. ' .Owing to"~everal f~ctors; the present economic situEltiori, 'the fact that the excellent 1975 con had to be subsidised from S.T.A.G. funds, the financial position bf the club is giving room for concern. One of the greatest drains on our funds is the mainten­ ance of Life membership. Life members are unprofitable - we have to payout for them, and get no regular income in return. Of course, when the Life membership was instituted it WEIS never visualised'that costsw~uld rise so high) nOr that S.T.A.G~ would acquire such 8 large "~ife memb ership. Now, t'::l.e question arises, how can we deal with the problem? Firstly, no more Life memberships will be offered .. The simplest waj to ~c~~18 the problem of existing Life members would be if those 2 " "l- , ..... of us who took o~~~ife.~m;8~e.;.e.h~'p~ '?ua,.W'hb haVi'~.'beeniriembers for a reasonable lengtp>~o'~\ tilli~~'~~i'iIiJ.$t'~%:o·~r~ansfer ou'r'4)fre~beTship to annual subscri-ption:."T'q "'a::Q,;:-this' you should w,..,Hp to Ja'net, ie. Mi ss 'J a:n:et QU1:Hf6n:'; c/ o,M:F . Woodhouse, Sutton Hill Farm, ::Blandford, Dorset. Enclose the amount for a yearls subscription (£1.50) and tell Janet the date from which 'you wish your new membershi-p to run. If enough Life members do this, S.T.A.G. will be able to continue as a viable proposition. I am making this appeal on behalf of you and for you, t~at S.T~.A . G. '~ay surviv'e to offeri ts members the services they went and need. Yours sincerely, Live long and prosper, Beth. ******************* , One'or two Life members hlwe G'ctuelly' ~l?i tten to: mek1ng this sugget!l'iJion 8S w~ll, and a couple,have even transferred to annual memberShip already. *,******************

Hi~ ~v~ry?rie. t wonlt bor~ you ~ll with a long letter this time a~ ::B~thh~s covered most 6f what ~8S to be said. I would just like to ,ada that since,' 75% of our members have life membership as the moment, you can understand our difficulties. , ' Anyway, enough of ~he bad news. live now got some good news for you'cill. A few weeks'ago I wrote to Gene Roddenberry on your "behalf and invited him to be an honorary member of S.T.A.G. I had a very nice let't,er 9ack 'from his oe,sretary, Susan, Sa ckett, saying that Gene is invqlved.with several deadlines at the moment but that he asked her' to answer and say I yes! of cou:ts.e. I I d be delighted. If So 11m sure youlll all want me to wish Gene Roddenberry a very warm welcome as an honorary member of S.T.A.G .. I also sent Mr. Roddenberry a copy of our last newsletter 8nd it seems that both he and Susan loyed Robin Hill IS satire op. the film. So come on, Robin, 1 et I shave's c)'me more. , If your .subscription runs out wi tlJ. this newsletter your renewal d~~ew{ll b~ Dn the front ne2r youra4dress. We will try to bring 'out the hewslette:cs regularly ever.y two months - end of December, February,' April, June and Octob er, so ple8se renew by t-he middle of these months if you wa~t to be sure of getting the next newletter. That's it for now, folks. Ihop~ you ~ll had a nice time ove~ Christmas and letls hope we get plenty' of "S';PAR TREKIf in 1976.

Live long and prosper, Janet. *******************. Quete from Mr. Spock, Viewing s~ars through viewer: Twihkl e, twinkl e, 1 it tl e s ta r, How I wonder what you are, I wish I may, I wish I might, ~Aww shucks, it'~ just a satellitel' , , :8. Wright. 3

Dear friends andFe~low Tr~kkies, As you know, we have decided to hend over the running of S~T.A.G~ into the capable care of Janet, Sheila, Eeth and Helen. It was not 8 decision we made lightly, but after c~r~fulconsider­ ation, we made it for several reasons. The main one ~and mos~ important one - was that, after running S .T·.lLG. for well over itwo years, it was time for a change. For without it, things become stale, and we did.not .want this to happen. S.T.A.G. has ccime_~ long way since thee~rly days when, alting with the other thtrty known STAR TREK fans in Great Eritain we shared a dreem; that dream came true twice'in the shape of two Conventions, and we hope we started something which will continue and prove conclusively that STAR TREK still lives! Now, S~T.A.G~ has 400 members, and we are very pleased that, through the club, we were able to share our enthusiesm with so many of you.' We are not deserting STAR TREK entirely! It is nOWB part of our lives which is very close to us. And we Bre continuing to be involved, because, aIring with Johanna Eutler, the retiring Vice tl President of S.T.A"G~, we do run t1Hosato , the European ·a.p.d. Commonwealth Fan Club of George TBkei, and we are following up some very exciting ideas for this club. In conclusion, we would like to thank, most sincerely, all the retiring members of S .. T.A.G.; Johanna Butler; Marian Kennedy, Jennifer Harding and Karen Gilmurray, who have worked hard, long hours for the club. ,We·would also like to thank Janet Quarton and He~en McOa rthy for their hard work as club officials whilst we were in office- and we wish them luck in. their continuence with ·:S:~:A.G. as we do the newcomers - Sheila and Beth. And of course, to all of S.T.A.G.'s members, without whom the club would not have been possible. This is a new eraot S.T.A.G. and we know that She will most certainly Live.longand prospeE .

. . : Peace! Jenny and Terry. *******************

And the B .B. C. have .don.e it again.! " They are now threatening to put. ST1\R TREK on OVel? the Christmas period. (By. the time you read this, youlll know ifthe,Y heve, in fact, done that horrible thing to us.) Because for ev~ry· 6ne of us wh6 cen manage to watch STAR TREK halfway through the morning, there are fifty who can l t. So why don!t we write them. Point· out to them that STAR TREK is a sensible adult programme for sensible adult Viewers, and why don't they put it on when mOst of us can see it. THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN WRITING DO NOT: 1. Use letters with:prepared wording, or petitions. One letter is worth 8 hundred signatures. 2. Threaten. 3. Identify youreelf 8S B member of any S11.AR TREK orgBnisation. 5 . Write I cute I letters . . This is 8 business letter. Anony- mous letters also present a very b~d image . .. 1. .Type or wri tea ·neatintelligent letter with a firm. . .voicing .of opinion. '" 0. Useletter-he8dedpBp~r if it representati~e of you ·person-

m_ly. It is ideal for ~ointing out that the writer is a responsib1 p individual. 4 3. Be brief. 4. Be spontaneous, intelligent, mature, sincere, polite and courteous . . Write to The B .. B.C., Television Centre, LONDON W.l.

And why not drop Paramount a note at the same time, plugging the film? One further 'don't' when writing to Paramount...;. '. Don't.mention STAR TREK on the outside of' the letter, as this would then be forwarded automa ticall.y to Mr. Roddenb erry. And we certainly don't need to convert himl Wri tee to .Mr. Diller, Par,amount, 5451 Marathon St., Hollywood, Cli 90038 U.S.A. ******************* YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THIS, BUT ...

It's ple?santer, and perhaps more obvious, to consider our f8vourit~ STAR TREK episodes, but I've been wondering lately if w.e 811 have our unfavourite episodes as well? Supposing the B.B.C. agreed· to rerun Bll the episodes except one.? Which one would you nominate ,to be left out? . My choice hBs reBlly been made for me, Bnd its not B very logicBl.one! The first time thBt 'Turnabout Intruder' was shown, it so happened thBt I was in hospital recovering from a minor operBtion. Luckily, I WBS well enough to get out of bed and mBke it to the T.V. room, Bnd since I'hed Bn enormous colour photo of Mr. Spock by my bedside, the other patients were in no doubt as to which channel was going to be on that day! Nearly two years later, I waS waiting to go into hospital again. The 'Radio Times' 8rrived, announcing that r Turnabout Intruder' was showing next we~k ~ and with it came a note from the hospital asking me to come in. This time, I just wBsn't well, enough after the operation to get to a television set - and for e Trekkie, that has to be serious! So I think you can see by now why I'm not too k.een on 'Turnabout Intruder! being shown again . . I'm not .B superstitious person, but if it was on next week, I might decide to s:i,mply stay at home in bed until it's BIl'over - just in case! .... Linda Williams. ******************* Well, which episode would you choose to miss out? There Bre one or two episodes I would cell instantly forgettable, like lThe Children Shall Lead', but ~ personal choice would go to an episode that I know e.lot of people like -' 'Who Mourns for Adoneis'. I've seen it three times, and I still can't see any point in it! To me, it is the love story of Carolyn ahd Apollo,' straight out of 'Love, Am~xic8n Style', not e STAR TREK episode at all, with ell of the main 5

characters , but especially S'c otty, badly out of' charact'er. To those of you who count it a fevourite, I apologise, but ... ! Let1s have your comments,' and many thanks ,to ,Linda for giving us a stert! 'A~d ~Ill throw this one at you~ 'too - Is there any episode that you think the ]3 ::s. C. actually improved by cutting? And before you scre8m IINo [II, think hard. I know Janet doesn1t agree with me, but 1. think they improved IThe Deadly Yearsl - by cutting out as much as they could of Dr. Wallace, I think they speeded up the action.'

'.A11:/ .... comm"en ·:~~t? '1 J And there are 110 prizes for concluding that I donlt like love scenes! *******************

Latest film'news, with thanks to S.T. W.elcommittee. Revival news as of November. Paremount is stIll considering several script ideas before making a final decision. Actors cannot be offerred e contract until a production date is set," so any speculation about cast is premature. (It 81so seems that certain med.i8 jUmped the gun in saying that ]3ill Sh8tner and Leonard Nimoy have signed contracts. 'This has been: Cl.enie,dby the actors, who se-.y that und.er Actors I Guild' rules, they cannot sign anything until all thep~elimine-ry arrangements ha ve be~h made, script decided on, budget fixed, etc.) *******************

General infomation fro~ STW

WilliElffi 3hatner stars ina T.V. film 'called I The Tenth Level. r

Leonard Nimoy was doing a lecture tour in America during Oct­ ober. On November 24th he was to open in Pi ttsburg in Shakespearet,s I Twelfth Night I. He hes written a book called I I am not Spockl, which should be published shortly. It deals with Mr. Spock - how the cheracter has affected him end his acting. (We hear from' Andromeda :Sook Co. Ltd that it will be e hard cover book which will probably cost £5-£6. It'is provisionally set for release early in 1976.)

, , George Takei stars in an episode of Hawaii Five-O called

t])eath I s Name is S.A.lIT': I. He plBye two characters - one the hero, the other the villian. He has also filmed e s,egment of f Chico and the Man t (We know all abbut that - don't we!) , ,

Dorothy Fontana has written a sc~i~t celled 'The :SIeck Sheepl fo;r: the T.v., series IMovin on l . She will also be soing 8 script for IPoliee 'Woman I ••

knew'publicetion, I Star Fleet Technical ManuEll l was due to be published/lest Nove!:loerby 'Ba llClntineBooks . It' should be out now, but welve heerd nothing definite on it. It is advert,ised a t~6.95 by Nova Enterprises, PO Box 149, Biookljn, ~Y!1204, USA. Before sending any money 'you mi'ght be 'better to write'to, them enclosing an In ternEitional Repl,yCoupon' (Obtainable at most Post Offices) to ask for their rates for abroad. ' 6

According to Andromeda, 'The Saving of Star Trek' by Stephen Whitfield should be out fclirly soon ..

Sus.an Sackett, secretary to Mr. Roddenberry, is preparing 13 book for publication by BBllantine which will center around letters received in the S~AR TREK mail, both humorous Bnd serious. *******************

nisne Marchant has sent me a cutting from the Australian TV Times for November 22 about Leonard Nimoy's recent trip there to l host the series 'Coral Jungle , filmed by Ben Cropp. Mr. Cropp is quot ed as saying, flRe (Leonard) was a nr;.tural diver. Re took to it straight away. My wife Eva gave him an hour's lesson on the sea bottom, and we started filming ... Re was one of the most professional people live worked with, even in conditions that were strange to him ... We filmed him underwater doing something in relation tb each programme; and then 4e came above water to talk ebout it.1l *******************

I came across a publication called Rainbow Giant at the weekend. It features pop posters, but there, on the front cover, Was a picture of Mr. Spock - so I looked closer and saw the headline, flCanSpace 1999 Top STAR TREK?tt .. Their b6nclusion waS that Sp~ce 1999 had a long way to go before it would come anywhere near STAR TREK's popularity - but then they went on t: .1st the magazines, books, constructio~ kits; chocolate bars, dolls, etc., the inference apparently being th8t while all these things were b0ing,sold, Space 1999 hadn't a chance. Seriously, though, there is a comparison of the main charBcters and actors, which seys very little other than that the STAR TREK ones are better. Vfhich we knew already. ********')f-*****.J<-****

Marg@ret .Austin tells me that .Bill Shatner' s series IBarba:ry Coast I .has been cancelled. *******************

1here are two shops in Britein that we know of where the ST books from America can usually be bought, 1) nark They Were and Golden-Eyed, 10 Berwick St., London WlV 3RG, Tel. 01-734-4260. This firm doni t ususll,Y deal by post but they are well worth visiting if you are in London. They are often the first firm in this country to receive new books from America. 2) Andromeda Book Co. Ltd, 57 Summer Row', Birmingham, B3 IJJ, This firm do deal by post and they are very reliable. If you write to them for details, it might help to enclose a SAE. They have quite e lot of ST material in stock at the moment. With the letest rise in postal charges, however, the minumum order they accept is now £2. Dark They Were did have in copies of the STAR TREK calendar 8t £,.2.80 each', Published by Ballantine, they have a large colour picture blown up from a clip for each month and a poster in' the centre. (They ma,Y be sold, out by now, though.) ******************* 7 FAME AT LAST?

Quote fr'onr'Rodio Tiines ' , 2'2-2,8 November. IINext to STAR TREK, the 'Robin Hood ' TV series has been one of the longest running, most repeoted and most syndicated TV weekly actionpics that ever topped the TV rotings.1I

Interestin~!

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'THE 'BESTt ALL COME DOWN TO IT IN THE END.

For those of you who didn t t 'see it, there wos a skit on STAR TREK in the I Generation Game I on So turday Nov. 22nd. Bruce' Forsyth took the mickey out of it like he does with everything. The scene W£lS on the bridge, with everything in reverse'.' The nav/helm comsole W£lS focing front with the main screen behind it and Uhura, was ata console on the right of the set: The badges on the uni­ forms were upside down and,on the wrong side. The skit started with B title similar to the anim~tion one, a snatch of the normal theme music and Bruce quoting tSpace, the Final Frontier' - I think. (I missed that ~it on t~pe - J~net. & I missed seeing th8t bi tat ell, by the time m,Y father had' called through to me, it waS over - Sheila) Kirk (Bruce), Sulu and Uhura were on the bridge and Kirk told Sulu to send Spock in. Spock entered from the turbo lift doors on the left. He reported that they were being drawn to the planet Bellamy,' where the wome~ seemed stronger than the men. ' Kirk told him to beam upa fem81e;' andSpock s8id he would use ,his communic':" ator 8nd 'grabbed Uhure. He regained his composure, sByirigtNo emotion, no emotion' , They beamed up a femole,' who 'turned out to be called Georgino. Kirk £lsked if she W£lS from the I Ga'lexy Ups tars or the Golaxy Downsters ' (What 8 pun!) She then touched hands with Kirk, which hod e rem£lrkeble effect (see Barb£lrello) £lnd it also affected Spockwhen he touched Kirk. She tried her lib-stick (oh, deer!) out on Sulu who left the bridge (to boldly go where no man had gone before?) Kirk 8sked if the lib-stick would affect Spack, so Georgine eimed it £lt him, Spock went through various emotions, teers, anger, 8nd then left the bridge laughing. Kirk asked her if she could breek his will and she threw the lib-stick away, saying, ttNot with this, but just by being a woman. II She then chased Kirk behind the console where he stopped long enough to 'punch the' control buttons, for a bed. (I wonder why?) He rem round to the front agein 'and' jumped onto the stretcher-trolley which had. been wheeled in. He ley on it, fending off Georgina's advohces ond yelling for Spock, Spock entered; pointed something (Bruce's version of a phoser?) at her, and she froze ahd said that' she 'must go to the man she truly loved. ·The door~ opened and Frederick the footman entered. Well, that wes the origin81 skit; if you think that wes b8d, yoU shouldheve seen wh8t the competitors'didio'it. Enough to'sey that both Spocks had eers 8S big as their heads, end the two men e t the end turned out to be a C,yberm8n 'from D,r. Who' and Mr ,- Humphries from Are You Being Served!

Janet Querton.- ******************* 8

Talking of skits, Margaret Austin and Brian Longstaff have both told me about a skit on STAR TREK, called In trcl'com, by .Ursula le Guin, published in a book called Stopwatch, edited by Geogre Hay and published by New English Library. I've·been sear.hing, but none of the Dundee shops seem to have it.

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The poem in last newsletter was written by Kathleen Glancy, who has since sent me some more. Many than~ Kathleen. ******************* Translations from the German. Cuttings sent in by Kim Wells.

ll a) l1Spaceship Enterprise • As Mr. Spock with the pointed ears Leonard brought excitement to the world space serial. Nimoy is 1. 83m (6ft) tall, has dark brown hair~ brown eyes, and was born on the 26.3.1931 in Boston. His address for autographs is : NBC-TV, 3000 West Alameda Ave., Burbank, Calif, USA (We dontt guarantee that this is still cotrect!)

b) Oa ptain James Kirk (William Shatner, left) and Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy, right) are the most popular people of the futur-, lt istic serial l1Spaceship Enterprise • It takes place in the year 220Cl.Mr.Spock is the centre of interest. He is a Vulcan, his mother is from Earth, he has pointed,ears, green biood and a computer 'brain. He does not experience human feelings 'and solves all problems with his super-mind.

c) ·This ,is .the crew of the Spaceship Enterprise.' Captain Kirk (3rd from left), Mr .. Spock (2nd from right) Dr. McCoy (on the extreme right) 'and ,'their. crew. l\S an example, in the new episode Kirk is' enchanted b,Y a girl ,from the planet El as; furthermore, the En tert"­ prise has to fight· a fierce battle' with a war spaceship from the Klingon Empire.

Note': The Germans call the Enterprise a l1Raumschifft!, which, literall,Y translated, means nSpaceshipt!. ******************* ADVERTISMENTS

FOR SALE: ARTICLES on LEONARD NIMOY; photos, programmes, etc, or swOP for anytning on Edw8rd Woodward. SEA for list. Mrs. Rosemary Chivers, Lawn Cottage, Curload, Stoke-St-Gregory, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 6JE. .

FOR SALE: Large' quantity material, mainly photos,' of all ST characters and Leonard Nimoy. Must clear surplus stocks. Hundreds of film clip prints 5p-16p, also' large photos, zines, newsletters, TV photos, bits and pieces. SAE for lists. Mrs. Helen Sneddon, 12 Broomvale Drive, Newton Mearms, GLASGOW, G77 5NN. WANTED; ,ANY articles on STlR TREK, its concept, characters or a ctors published IN BRITAIN only. I would like artlcles, photo­ copies or t.ypes ertir.les, but they must include publication! s name and date. ± will buy or swop, or if you don't want to ~lrt with your article I will photocopJT and return a t once. I am trying to form a collection of all British-published ST material, so everything, however small, is welcome. Helen McCarthy. (Address on front page). 9

LONDON PLUS GROU~ STAR TREK AND SCIENCE FICTION.

Next meetin~ Sund~y Ilth<~~nuary, 3p.m. ~t 60 Sheen Court, RICHMQND,surr'ey . .. COME ALONE OR :BRING YOUR FIENDS. I.ting Marion Dougall, 01-878-2060 for further info.rma tion~ ... . A~dshe does mean fiends - not friends. ******************* OTHER CLUBS

HOSATO is the only voluntuous fan club for G'eo;r;ge Takei in the world! For £1.50 per yeer you receive newsletters, a photo-member­ ship card, a letter from George, a welcome book 8nd a voluptuous Year :Book! George is very interasted in his club and its members . .' We also have many goodies plsnhed - a convention with George as guest of honour (rOf> HOSATO members only), fanzines, STAR TREK goodies snd lots more! So why delay? ,Join today Bnd g~t yourself a piece of the ectionnow! Write Jenny Elson, i6 Sta;fford Drive, Wigstbn, Leicester, LE8 2YA. :Be.)T'ond Antares; contact Sheils Hull, 49 South~mpt.on Road, Fa r Cotton, N0rthampton. Empathy. Contact Cath Owens,. 30 Oven.¢l.en Way, Halifax, West Yorks. STCC; Contact Jackie Dunham, 105 Somerleyton Gdns, Norwich, Norfolk. STCC puts out a zine, Fizzbin, which is extremel,Y good - issue 5 due out shortly. SAE to Ja ckie for det8ils. STERB'; Contact John Hind, i4 :Bingham Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham. WSE; Contact Chris Jones, 222 Msnchester Rd, He8ton Norris, Stockport. JDIFCi An American club for Jim Doohan. £2 surface, £4 Airmsi:L,. Anna Hreha, 1519 NW 204th Street, Washington 98177, USA." STARJ3ASE 13; dues 80p B year, six newsletters contents including ll a serial, liThe Hellfire Cl ub • There will also be rtLeial F·ile. tl Z.E.R.O. 5794 :Blindman • (I've re8d the first two episodes of this, and am looking forwsrd to the third) :Brian Longstaff, 13 Woodfarm Dr. Sheffield s6 51W, Yorks~ STAC; An Australian club, issues a zine called ':Beyond Antares', 75c a copy. They 8re willing to trade or sell. Contact Sue Clarke, Ark Royale, 6 :Bellvue Rd., Faulconbridge, New South Wsles 2776, Australia. (I'm already writing to Sue, but I'm sure she will put you in touch with other members to whom you can write and trade things. ) ** *****-)(-1<-********** Several people hsve Bsked us if we are plsnning s con for 1976. Well, Ifm afrsid the short answer to that is, no, we're not. There. are seversl reasons for this, the economic Situation, the difficulty of finding e venue when we are spsced so widely thst would be resson­ aoly cen~ral for us sll, and the simple fact that just taking over STAG has tsken all our time - con plans have to be started well in a dvance of the dste! However, Empathy is planning a minicon for February 14th, in Leeds, with a main con hoped for in the autumn, and we do intend to be represented there. In addition, if there is any way that we can help Empsthy, we will. ******************* 10

Competition

There were only two entries for lest month's competition, ":Disturbance" by C. Ha 11 and "The Vul can Experience" by El izabeth Sharp. Both were very good, and after discussion with Janet that gained the GPO fully £1, we decided that ":Disturbancetl fitted the subject slightly betteI', and th'eI'efore wins the pI'ize.' The stOI'Y will b'e published inLcig EntI'ies 2, which we hope to have out in FebI'u8I',Y, and I hope to publish liThe Vulcan ExpeI'iencel1 as well at, SOille future date.

This month - a stOI'Y again, this time with a title rather than 8 beginning. "The Yeti IS FootpI'int". No limit on length, closing date, JanuaI'Y 31st, again a photo, own choice of characteI', for the winneI'. Please, you budding writers, have a try! *******************

You may be wondering why, after I said last newletter tha~ we_were having trouble financing the output of zines~ we have ill,anaged to get several out after all. Well, :Beth end I aI'e doing all the duplicating, thatls how welve managed. ' And that seems to be it again foI' an6t~e~ month. I,hope ypu all had avery happy Christmas, and wish you all the veI'y ,best for the'coming year. Peace and pI'osperity to you all. Sheila. *******************

STAR TREK ACTION GROUP If undeliveI'ed, retuI'n to; Jan,et Quarton, c/o Mr. Woodhouse, Sutton Hill Farm, BlandfoI'd, :Dorset.